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George Hughes
Coming up Roses

1957

About the Item

Signature: Signed Lower Left, "Hughes" Medium: Oil on Masonite Framed 24.50" x 26.50" Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1957. The Post described, “It is so stimulating to see a child exert his psychological freedom and earnestly devote himself to creative self-expression. Johnny is creating a place to grow more geraniums. Given more time, he might also move all those loose sidewalk bricks onto the lawn and create a pretty red mountain. Maybe he’s too young to turn on the hose and squirt a brook downstairs to help mommy with her wash—but never underestimate the physical and imaginative powers of a little one. Anyway, mother has come, seen, and been stimulated, and John had better retire to his orthodox playing devices at the double-quick…. George Hughes’ father, George Sr., used to have a back yard like that in Brooklyn; the son, when he was a child, never dug up geraniums, but he turned out creative in spite of it.” (The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1957, p. 3)
  • Creator:
    George Hughes (1907 - 1990, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1957
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 20.25 in (51.44 cm)
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  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Fort Washington, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 39261stDibs: LU38435321331
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